Minorities

A vandalised house of a Hindu family in Barishal on 10 August. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Majority of attacks on minorities were political motivated ones: Police report

Illustration: TBS
Bangladesh

Minorities in Bangladesh: What India's parliament is told, what is kept from them

File Photo of White House national security spokesperson John Kirby. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Protection of minorities in Bangladesh absolutely critical: US

India's External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar speaks in the Lok Sabha on 13 December 2024. Photo: Collected
Foreign Policy

Brought our concern over attacks on minorities to Bangladesh's attention: Jaishankar tells Lok Sabha

Foreign Affairs Md Touhid Hossain. File Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Govt to brief diplomats on minority issues today

Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

AL candidates persecuted us after losing elections: Minorities tell ERC

Protecting minorities our job, India need not worry about them: Nahid tells BBC Hindi
Bangladesh

Protecting minorities our job, India need not worry about them: Nahid tells BBC Hindi

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk. File Photo: Reuters
Bangladesh

Fact-finding mission probing allegations of attacks against minorities: Volker Turk

Manik Sarkar. File Photo: Collected
South Asia

CPI(M)'s Manik Sarkar urges Bangladesh govt to take measures to protect minorities

A delegation of International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Bangladesh called on Home Affairs Adviser Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain at his office today (15 August). Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Maximum measures taken to ensure security for minorities: Home affairs adviser

Members of the Hindu community stage a demonstration in the capital’s Shahbagh area on 10 Aug, demanding safety and an end to the alleged vandalism of their homes and temples. Photo: Foisal Ahmed/TBS
Bangladesh

Pass law to protect minorities, implement CHT accord: Rights body to Prof Yunus

A member of the Bangladeshi Hindu community looks on while holding a banner against violence targeting the country's minorities during a protest in Dhaka on August 9, 2024, days after a student-led uprising ended the 15-year rule of Sheikh Hasina. Photo: LUIS TATO / AFP
Bangladesh

Attacks and online misinformation frighten Bangladeshi Hindus

Members of the Hindu community stage a demonstration in the capital’s Shahbagh area in August, demanding safety and an end to the alleged vandalism of their homes and temples. File Photo: Foisal Ahmed
Bangladesh

Attacks on Hindus: Mostly political, personal rivalries at its core